today in black history

May 18, 2026

In 1896, U.S. Supreme Court upholds Plessy v. Ferguson, beginning Jim Crow or de jure segregation and ending Reconstruction.

The Status of Black Men in America

POSTED: March 12, 2009

Remarks of David Jones, President, Community Service Society of New York. Hearing of the Congressional Black Caucus: African Male Initiative Conference.